In Dreams I Started Walking
2025
Women in Appalachia, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH, January 17, 2025 - March 16, 2025
U.S. Department of State Art in Embassies Program, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 2024 - 2027
SAQA Global Exhibit, Fur, Fangs, Feathers & Fins, Oklahoma State University Museum of Art, Stillwater, Oklahoma: May 27 - Jul 26, 2025
2024
U.S. Department of State Art in Embassies Program, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 2024 - 2027
Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh Juried Exhibit, Erie Art Museum, Erie PA, April 4, 2024 - January 19, 2025
Susquehanna Inspired: 3 Centuries of Artistic Interpretation, Creative York, York, PA
SAQA Global Exhibit, Fur, Fangs, Feathers & Fins, Detroit Zoo, Detroit, MI
SAQA Global Exhibit, Light the World, Science Central, Fort Wayne, IN
2023
Art Quilts: Breaking Rules, Honoring Tradition, Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ
SAQA Global Exhibit, Light the World, AQS Quilt Week, Branson, MO
SAQA Global Exhibit, Light the World, AQS Quilt Week, Paducah, KY
SAQA Global Exhibit, Light the World, Brigham City Museum of Art & History, Brigham City, UT
SAQA Global Exhibit Fur, Fangs, Feathers & Fins, Quilt Festival Long Beach, CA
SAQA Textiles Unleashed, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
Soft Associations, Ned Smith Center for Art & Nature, Millersburg, PA
SAQA Global Exhibit, Light the World, AQS Quilt Week, Daytona Beach, FL
Beyond the Blue: Contemporary Narrative Quilts by Sue Reno, Blue Ridge Community College, Weyers Cave, VA
2022
Beyond the Blue: Contemporary Narrative Quilts by Sue Reno, Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg, VA
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh New Member Exhibit, Martha Gault Gallery, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
unCommon Threads, Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle, PA
John Hopper’s Inspirational Magazine, no. 60, April 2022, Interview
Common Threads, Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh International Airport, Pittsburgh, PA
SAQA Global Exhibit, Fur, Fangs, Feathers & Fins, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, in Tucson, AZ
SAQA Global Exhibit, Light the World, 14th International Quilt Show Brno, Czech Republic
2021
Out of the Funk, Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Irma Freeman Center for Imagination, Pittsburgh, PA
SAQA Metamorphosis, Zhejiang Folk Art Quilt Museum, Zheijang, China (Online)
SAQA Penn, Textiles in Translation, Gallery at Penn College, Williamsport, PA
SAQA Global Exhibit, Light the World, premiered at the European Patchwork Meeting, Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines, France. Further venues TBA
SAQA Metamorphosis, Oklahoma State University Museum of Art, Stillwater, OK. Cancelled.
SAQA Season after Season, AQS Quiltweek, Paducah, Kentucky. Cancelled
SAQA Season after Season, AQS Quiltweek, Branson, Missouri. Cancelled
SAQA Season after Season, AQS Quiltweek, Daytona Beach, Florida. Cancelled
2020
For Your Consideration, Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Brew House Association Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
SAQA Season after Season, Prague Patchwork Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic. Cancelled
Drawing on the Susquehanna, Lore Degenstein Gallery at Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA. Cancelled, catalog available online.
On the Edge, SAQA Virtual Exhibit
Art of the State Pennsylvania 2020, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA. Second place award in Craft.
2019
Art Quilting Studio Magazine, Feature Article, Autumn 2019
SAQA Journal, Feature Article, Volume 29 No. 3, Fall 2019
Quilting Arts Magazine, August/September 2019 issue.
SAQA Season after Season, 25th European Patchwork Meeting, Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines, France.
SAQA Metamorphosis, AQS Quiltweek, Charlestown, SC
SAQA Metamorphosis, AQS Quiltweek, 2019, Paducah, KY
SAQA Metamorphosis, AQS Quiltweek, Grand Rapids, MI
Art of the State Pennsylvania 2019, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg PA
SAQA Metamorphosis, Quilt Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
SAQA Auction Artwork, April - August, International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Lincoln, NE
SAQA Metamorphosis, International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL
ARTQUILTSdreams, Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary NC
SAQA Season after Season, debut at Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, TX. Traveling through 2022
BLUE, Creative York Gallery, York, PA
2018
SAQA Metamorphosis, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, and traveling through 2021
SAQA Eye of the Needle, Bottleworks, Johnstown, PA
Inspired!, Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh Exhibition, Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
Art of the State, Pennsylvania 2018, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg PA
Vividly Yours, Creative York Gallery, York, PA
Working with Wet Cyanotype, Machine Quilting Unlimited, Jan.-Feb. 2018 issue
Art of the State Purchase Award Collection, 1969-2017, October 2017 – February 2018, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
2017
Flora, Fauna and Flow, solo show of 30 art quilts, October - December, Olewine Gallery, Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art, Millersburg, PA
Art of the State Purchase Award Collection, 1969-2017, October 2017 – February 2018, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
SPUN 2017 Innovative Fiber Exhibition, 2017, NEST Arts Factory, Bridgeport, CT
The James Webb Space Telescope: Art + Science 2017, NASA Goddard Visitor Center, Greenbelt, MD
Sue Reno: Life Along the River, Narrative art quilts depicting the Susquehanna River and its environs. Solo show at the PAE Gallery, Marketview Arts, York, PA
Painting the Stars by Erin Winick, Lateral Magazine, Issue 19, February 2017
38th Annual Contemporary Craft Exhibit, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ
2016
Connected by Stitch, The Gallery at Penn College Williamsport, PA
SPUN, NEST Arts Factory, Bridgeport, CT
Fiber National 2016, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
Seasonal Palette, SAQA, Gerald Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Seasonal Palette, SAQA, Taiwan International Quilt Exhibition, Tainan City, Taiwan
37th Annual Contemporary Craft Exhibit, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ
Quilting Arts Magazine, Making Cyanotype Prints, Feb/March 2016
AQS Quiltweek, Lancaster County Convention Center, Lancaster, PA
SAQA Portfolio 23, Digital Art Quilt Sourcebook
2015
Pennsylvania Arts Experience Member Exhibit, PA Governor's Residence
Seasonal Palette, SAQA, J. Wayne Stark Galleries at Texas A&M Univertity, College Station, TX
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2015, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
AQS Quiltweek, DeVos Place Convention Center, Grand Rapids, MI
Seasonal Palette, SAQA, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
Materials: Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
1000 Quilt Inspirations, by Sandra Sider, Quarto Publishing
AQS Quiltweek, Lancaster County Convention Center,, Lancaster, PA
Process and Product: Quilting Redefined, Sunshine Art+Design Gallery, Lancaster, PA
A River Runs Through Them, Weavings, Ink. Gallery, Wrightsville, PA
SAQA Portfolio 22, Digital Art Quilt Sourcebook
2014
Surface Design Essentials for the Printed Quilt, Quilting Arts Workshop Video, a 68 minute instructional DVD/download
Quilting Arts TV, 3 segments for Series 1400, began airing on PBS in July 2014
Tactile Architecture, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Seasonal Palette, SAQA, Festival Internacional de Patchwork e Arts Afins, Curitiba, Brazil; The Original Creative Festival, Sharonville OH
American Quilter Magazine, March 2014, The Hand of the Maker profile, and Cognitive Textile Artist Process feature article
35th Annual Contemporary Craft Exhibit, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ
SAQA Portfolio 21, Digital Art Quilt Sourcebook
2013
Sue Reno--Recent Fiber Works, solo show, Pennsylvania Arts Experience Gallery, York, PA
Quilting Arts Magazine, Oct./Nov. 2013, feature article A Botanist's Delight
Machine Quilting Unlimited Magazine, Nov./Dec. 2013
SAQA Portfolio 20, Digital Art Quilt Sourcebook
New Legacies Contemporary Art Quilts, Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins, CO
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2013, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Images 2013, Robeson Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA
The Susquehanna as Muse, Pennsylvania Arts Experience, Marketview Arts Gallery, York, PA
Seasonal Palette, SAQA, Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, TX; International Quilt Festival, Cincinnati, OH; International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, CA; National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY
AQS Lancaster, Lancaster County Convention Center, Lancaster, PA
As part of the United States Department of State Art in Embassies program, The Organic Garden was on exhibit in the US Embassy in Vientiane, Laos, from 2011 through 2013
2012
Seasonal Palette hardcover catalog, SAQA
Seasonal Palette, SAQA, premiering at the Houston Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, and traveling through 2016
How to Decorate and Embellish Your Fabrics, by Laurie Wisbrun, featured artist
The Quilt Life magazine, feature article The Structures, Oct. 2012
Tactile Architecture, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
In Full Bloom, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Art Quilts XVII: Integrating a Paradox, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler AZ. Best in Show Award
Contemporary Threads, Marietta Art House, Marietta, PA
Pushing the Limits 2012, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA
The Quilt Life magazine, illustrations, August 2012
Machine Quilting Unlimited magazine, Jaw Dropper feature, July/August 2012
Images 2012, Robeson Gallery, Penn State University at University Park, PA
Machine Quilting Unlimited magazine, invitational Seasons exhibit, May/June 2012 issue, and traveling throughout 2013
SAQA Portfolio 19, Digital Art Quilt Sourcebook
AQS Lancaster, Lancaster County Convention Center, Lancaster, PA
Structures in Cloth, The Fort Collins Museum of Art, Fort Collins, CO
As part of the United States Department of State Art in Embassies program, The Organic Garden was on exhibit in the US Embassy in Vientiane, Laos, from 2011 through 2013
2011
Craft Forms 2011, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
The Art of Fiber, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
Art Quilts XVI, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ
Tactile Architecture, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Structures in Cloth, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada CO; Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo CO
International Quilt Festival: Quilt Scene magazine, Interweave Press, gallery feature
New Legacies, Contemporary Art Quilts, Lincoln Center Gallery, Ft. Collins, CO
Art of the State, Pennsylvania 2011, The State Museum of PA, Harrisburg, PA. Honorable Mention Award
Images 2011, Robeson Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA
Inside Outside Exhibit, The Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA
The Studio Quilt, No. 6: The State of the Art, by Sandra Sider, featured artist
National Fiber Directions, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
Materials: Hard and Soft, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
200 Years in the Making, Weavings, Ink. Gallery, Wrightsville, PA
AQS Lancaster, Lancaster County Convention Center, Lancaster, PA
SAQA Portfolio 18, Digital Art Quilt Sourcebook
The Quilt Life magazine, February 2011, It's My Nature feature
River Quilts, Invitational Exhibit, The National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY
PA Artisan Trail billboard, Rt. 30 in Gettysburg, PA
As part of the United States Department of State Art in Embassies program, The Organic Garden was on exhibit in the US Embassy in Vientiane, Laos, from 2011 through 2013
2010
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Memorial Center for the Arts, Auburn, NY
Artquilts XV: Needleplay, Chandler Center for the Arts & Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ
Flora and Fauna, solo show, PA Arts Experience, Lancaster, PA
Fantastic Foliage, solo show, Jonal Gallery, Columbia, PA
Images 2010, Robeson Gallery, Penn State University at University Park, PA
Transformation: The Watt & Shand Series, solo show, The Arts Hotel Gallery, Lancaster, PA
SAQA Portfolio 17, Digital Art Quilt Sourcebook
More Than Fiber, Cohen Gallery at the The Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA
AQS Lancaster, Lancaster County Convention Center, Lancaster, PA
1000 Artisan Textiles, by Sandra Salamony, featured artist
2009
Nature Quilts, solo show, Isadore Gallery, Lancaster, PA
SAQA Portfolio 16, the Art Quilt Sourcebook
A World of Stitches: appliqué art from Benin, Panama and Pennsylvania, Bellefonte Museum for Centre County, Bellefonte, PA
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Oaks, PA
Machine Quilting Unlimited, July 2009, Feature Article In The Art Studio with Sue Reno
Art of the State, Pennsylvania 2009. The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Images 2009, Robeson Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA
PA Arts Experience Exhibit, Susquehanna House Gallery, Wrightsville, PA
Quilt Odyssey, Hershey, PA
PA Arts Experience Exhibit, Lancaster Arts Hotel Gallery, Lancaster PA
Sacred Threads, Reynoldsburg, OH
Denver National Quilt Festival, Denver CO
Celebrate Spring, International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL
Quilter's Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA
Materials: Hard & Soft, Denton, TX
A Mountain Quiltfest, Pigeon Forge, TN
PA Arts Experience Exhibit, Wolf Gallery, York College, York, PA
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, VA
2008
Art Quilts XIII: Lucky Break, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ
Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA
Fabulous Fiber, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Harrisburg, PA
Quilt Odyssey, Hershey, PA
Images 2008, Robeson Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA
NQA Quilt Show, Invitational Exhibit, Columbus, OH
Denver National Quilt Festival, Denver, CO
International Collage Exhibition, New Plymouth, New Zealand
In Full Bloom, International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL
Quilter's Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, VA
2007
Interview for the Quilt Alliance Q.S.O.S
A World of Beauty, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA
.Pennsylvania Art Experience exhibit, Lynden Gallery, Elizabethtown, PA
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Harrisburg, PA, Special Exhibit - River Visions
Quilt Odyssey, Hershey, PA
Images 2007, Robeson Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA
Sacred Threads, June, Reynoldsburg, OH; special exhibit at the International Quilt Festival, November, Houston, TX
Denver National Quilt Festival, Denver, CO
Quilter's Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA
International Collage Exhibition, April, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, VA
2006
The Professional Quilter magazine, cover quilt, Fall 2006
Connecting Cultures and Colors: First Kyrgyz-American Quilt Exhibit, October-November, Museum of Fine Art, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
Doing Small Things Exhibit, Fiberarts Connection of Southern California
Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, feature article, September 2006
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Harrisburg, PA
Quilts for Change, Cintas Center, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
A Beginner's Guide to Art Quilts, Leisure Art Publications, contributing Fabric Artist
Fabric of Legacies National Quilt Exhibit, Ft. Collins, CO
Quilt Odyssey, Hershey, PA
Crafts National 40, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA
Denver National Quilt Festival, Denver, CO
Fiberarts Magazine, fiber postcard, April/May 2006
Quilter's Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA
Changing Perspective Exhibit, Fiberarts Connection of Southern California
International Collage Exhibition, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Celebrate Spring, Spring International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL
Small Wonders VIII, International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL, and International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Williamsburg, VA
2005
Feature article, Lancaster New Era, Lancaster PA, Oct. 28, 2005
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
A World of Beauty, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravanga, Ft. Washington, PA
World Quilt and Textile: On Tour, Columbus, OH and Manchester, NH
AQS Quilt Exposition, Nashville, TN
Quilts of Today exhibit, Galeria Aynex, Paducah, KY
Fabric of Legacies National Quilt Exhibit, Ft. Collins, CO
Quilt Odyssey, Hershey, PA
Sacred Threads, Reynoldsburg, OH
Midpoint, sponsored by Kansas Art Quilters, Merriam, KS
Lowertown Arts District Quilt Walk, Paducah, KY
Celebrate Spring, International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL
Quilter’s Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA
Baker’s Dozen International collage exchange, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Keiko and Friends exhibit, Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, I
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Williamsburg, VA
Road to California Quilter’s Conference and Showcase, Ontario, CA
Embroidery Magazine, the publication of the Embroiderer’s Guild, London, UK
2004
The Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara CA
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Ft. Washington, PA